Principal Engineer - Hardware Sustaining

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead hardware failure analysis for NPAT networking products in Singapore. The role requires deep dive troubleshooting of CPU, networking ASICs, power, clocking, and high-speed signals, with proven track record in RCA and corrective actions.

You will mentor junior engineers, collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, ODM, and supply chain teams, and document findings with RCCA reports for internal and customer-facing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 12+ years of experience (10+ years with Master’s).
• Experience debugging hardware for networking devices.
• Experience with boards of 20+ layers and high-speed signals (50G+).
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead failure analysis of complex hardware problems requiring deep dive analysis into CPU, networking ASICs, power, clocking, high-speed signals, optics, etc.
• Drive full range of corrective and preventive actions including containment, final fix, and lessons learned.
• Provide technical leadership in Hardware Quality & Reliability and mentor junior team members.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, ODM, and supply chain teams; pull in subject matter experts as needed.
• Document findings and deliver RCCA reports to stakeholders and customer support teams.

Skills

Hardware design processes

Schematic capture

Layout

BoM

PLM tools

Networking hardware debugging

High-speed signals (50G+)

Signal integrity

Power integrity

PCIe/SerDes/DDR

FPGA/CPLD design & debug

Verilog RTL

English communication

Leadership in tech

Scripting for hardware design

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

PLM tools

FPGA design tools

CPLD design tools

Job description

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

The Hardware Sustaining organization in HPE Networking Products and Technologies (NPAT) group has the primary responsibility of driving product hardware quality to ensure best-in-class customer experience. This position is for a Principal Engineer who will lead hardware failure analysis on HPE networking products. Must have a proven track record of driving root cause and corrective action activities on complex hardware, preferably in the networking domain. Must be a leader and subject matter expert who is able to scale impact through influence and mentoring of other team members and effective cross functional collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Lead failure analysis of complex hardware problems requiring deep dive analysis into areas such as CPU, networking ASICs, power, clocking, high speed signals, optics, etc.
• Drive full range of corrective and preventive actions. This will include immediate containment or work‑around options; determination and validation of final fix; identifying and addressing any other systems susceptible to the issue; and sharing lessons learned to avoid recurrence of similar issue in future products.
• Provide technical leadership in the Hardware Quality & Reliability domain. Guide and mentor junior team members.
• Collaborate with various Engineering, Manufacturing, ODM, and component / supply chain teams. Pull in the necessary subject matter experts to expedite problem remediation.
• Document findings and lessons learned. Provide regular failure analysis updates and final RCCA reports to internal stakeholders and customer support teams.

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in electrical engineering.

12+ years of experience (10+ years with Master's degree).

Knowledge and Skills:

• Expertise in hardware design processes and tools - schematic capture, layout, BoM, product life‑cycle management (PLM) tools, etc.
• Expertise debugging Networking Hardware.
• Experience working with 20+ layer count boards featuring high speed (50G+) signals. Knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity concepts and tools.
• Expertise in design and debug of both high speed (PCIe, SerDes, DDR) and low speed (I2C, SPI) interfaces.
• Experience with FPGA and CPLD design and debug, Verilog RTL.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to communicate effectively in English and local language.
• Excellent leadership skills. Demonstrated experience in a technical leader or subject matter expert role.
• Proficient in scripting for hardware design, test and debug.